Ice-cream-can tongs



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S. B. WHITESIDE ICE CREAM CAN TONGS Filed Aug. 31 1926 -15 a l L k 16 gv i I auvwntoz Sidney B. Wmw 3% Mfl t mw 7 l atented Get. 11,1927.

f SIDNEY B. VJHITE Application'filed August 31, 1926.

res ear-ear OFFICE.

SIDE, NEW YORK, N. Y.

IGE-GREAM-(JAN TONGS.

The present invention relates to a device for removing an interior containertrom an outer container, such, for instance, as the ice cream container from the container for the ice said interior container by and facility and without dan orfreezing mixture, and for conveying hand with ease ger of soiling the material within the container in any way.

in the removal of an ice cream container rem a freezer without the aid of an exon or the container and withdraw .the same I tracting means, it is necessary'to grasp the which is packed around the within the freezer. This oftti the accidental removal of the and the admixing against the resistance created by the ice container and mes results in top from the of salt or'ice from the freezing medium with the ice cream with detrimental results.

the interior perienced container cc cream, considerable drtncu'ity 1s err-- because of the low temperature li i'oreover, in confilled with thereof which chills the person carrying said container when he employs only to do so. I An obj ect of the invention 1 device by means or his arms s to provide a which the inner eontaineimay be extracted. with ease and without any possibility of the cor tainer becoming accidentally by neans of which the cont carried around by with facility.

With. the above and other objects in View,

the invention further resides of construction more er of the conremoved and ainer may be hand conveniently and 1n the details particularly pointed out in the following cescription of the accompanying drawings in Figure 1 1s a which view partly in section and partly in elevation, showing the application of my device to a container;

Figure 2 is a plan view of the device;

Figure 3 is a fragmentary sectional view on lihe 3-3 of Figure 1; and

Figure i of the engaging arms.

is a fragmentary view of one Turning now to the drawing, in which like reference numerals indie throughout the several views,

ment of the invention illust essentially of pivoted together at rivet. mediate portion 11 in which side of the strip is in a sub ate like parts the embodirated consists a pair of levers, 11 and 12, 13, as by means of a Lever 11 is provided with an 1nterthe wide, fiat stantially ver- Serial 'No. 132,735.

tieal plane. The major upper portion of the lever 12 has its wide, flat side 12 in a substantially vertical plane. These vertically extending flat portions give strength aiid rigidity to the tongs, where most'needed. This rivet is preferably provided with a reduced. portion, 14, providing a shoulder against which the lever, 11, bears. fBymeans of this construction, the rivet is rigidly associated with the lever, 11, but 'may rotate in the lever,'12, thus permitting thelevers to be swung together or spread apart.

Each of the levers i provided'with a claw portion, 15, which is bent in angular relation to the body portions'of the levers and has a toe portion, 16, for'the engagement of fiauge,'11, extending around the periphery of the'container,18, and at'the'end 'iereof, said toe portions extending inward ly so that the ends'thereof are adaptedto engage beneath the flange, 17. In order to augment the eiliciency of the engagement, the toe portions terminate in sharp edges, as best shown in Figure 4c, which are slightly curved so as to intimately embrace the eX- terior of the container and to effectively grip beneath the flange.

The lever, 11, is provided with an extending operating handle, 19, which in service position is disposed above the lever, 12, as shown in Figure 1. This handle is preferably curved, as shown, to enable it to be grasped in the hand and to readily adapt itself to the same.

While the device may be made of any desirable rigid material, ll prefer to make it of metal of strip form which may be bent into the desired shape to provide the claw portions, 15, and the handle, 19. The material, steel, is found to possess particular utility in this connection, for with this material the toe portions, 16, may be tempered to give them great strength and durability and to enable them to successfully perform the task for which they are designed.

In operation, the claws, 15, are separated by the pivotal movement of the lovers, 11 and 12, to an extent sufficient to insure the passage of the toe portions over the flange of the container. The handle, 19, is then gripped by the user, whereupon any force applied to extract the container will force the claws so that the toe portions are urged into firm engagement with the container and beneath the flange thereof and any increase in the extracting force will result in a. like render ble 0f withstanding increase'in the gripping action of the claws. hus, the container maybe readily elevated by applying a lifting force to the handle, 19, and it may be carried about and transported by means of the device described with considerable ease andfacility.

N 0 one prior to inyself'has constructed an apparatus for the removal of an ice cream can from the container housing the same which is both sanitary and easily operated. Thishas been due to the fact that the space between the can and container is very small,

and it is extremely difficult to get a tool in the same. By means of the construction above described, a tool which is both sanitary and easily operated is provided which maybe slipped into the space between the can and the container and which is strong enough'to lift the can out of the container andto enable it to be carriedaround. The particular features of my device which are that the. thin widths of the levers occupy the spaces between the can and the container and vthat the levers are jointed to provide regions of great strength and rigidity capawhich the tongs are subjected when the can is being withdrawn from the container.

it successful in the use contemplated.

the lifting force to It will be understood that the above description is to be construed merely as illustrative and that variations and alterations may be made in-the specific structure disclosed Without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope thereof.

What I claim is:

Lifting tongs for ice cream cans, comprisingtwo levers made of substantially fiat and relatively wide strip material, an intermediate portion of one of the levers having its wide, flat side extending in a substantially vertical plane, the major upper portion of the other lever having its Wide, fiat side extending in a substantially vertical plane and being pivoted at its upper end to said vertically disposed intermediate portion of the first lever, the upper portion of the first lever being extended to form a lifting handle, the lower, gripping ends of both levers being turned substantially ninety degrees and having their extreme ends formed into curved'terminal toes for engaging under an abutment on the can to be lifted.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification this th day of August, 1926.

SIDNEY B. WHITESIDE. 

